BOAS] HANDBOOK OF AMEEICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES 493 



108 a. -k'as^o fine and beautiful, used particularly in poetry 



[WORD-S.]. 



Lo'gwalak'as^d a really fine magic treasure 111.1, 478.9 



109. -O^l UGLY, AWKWARD [STEM-S., w]. 



wa/ydH a big ugly dog 



^vnoHblwisLe where is the past, ugly, miserable thing? {^wl- 



where, -ul past[no. 86], -oH ugl3^,-wr's [no. 104], -xls miserable 



[no. 115]) 99.31 

 la'TcadzoH that really bad one X 207.16 (see no. 108) 



110. -dze LARGE [wORD-S.]. 



Lid'qwadze large copper 84.16 



c[!a'sadzek'as a great number of sea-otters {-k'as no. 108) 



g'o'x'^dze large house 483.27 



110a. -Em diminutive [stem-s., w] always used with reduplication 

 (see § 45, p. 526). 



nkg'e' mountain Tm'nag'im small mountain 



tslEdd'q woman ts.'d'tslEdagEm girl 



g'ol:^ house g'd'g'ogum little house 



g'inl- child g'd'g'inlEm little child 



In sd'yohETTi little adze (from sop- to adze) the initial s is 

 weakened (see § 43.6). 



111. -Em GENUINE, real [stem-s. and word-s., h, lengthens vowel 



of stem]. 

 hd'Jdum genuine man, Indian 

 hd'gwanEm^ETn full-grown man 

 K^kwd'Jclum real Kwakiutl 

 wl'wdplEm fresh water V 365.33 



112. "bido^ small [singular, word-s.]; see no. 113. 

 gld'hobido^ a little slave 99.31 



sl'xwabido^ to paddle a little 

 gE'lwilhabidd^ little hooked nose 271.29 

 hEgwd'Hhido^ ugly, little man (see no. 109) 

 Very common are the compounds — 

 amd'hido^ small one 18.10, 38.14 

 ^UEXwd'labido^ quite near 19.13, 107.20 



With verbs this suffix, as well as the following, signify rather 

 that a small person, or small persons, are the subject of the 

 verb, than that the act is done to a slight extent, although the 

 latter is often implied. 

 e'p.'ehidd^ the little one pinched, he pinched a little CS 12.13 



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